{"id":36097,"date":"2025-09-19T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/garrett-and-parsons-nfl-giant-duels-the-best\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:40:28","slug":"garrett-and-parsons-nfl-giant-duels-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nfl\/garrett-and-parsons-nfl-giant-duels-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrett and Parsons: NFL Giant Duels, The Best?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Myles Garrett and Micah Parsons: Dominating the League at the Top of Their Game<\/h2>\n\nIn the world of American football, rivalry and respect intertwine at the top. Myles Garrett, star of the Cleveland Browns, and Micah Parsons, the sensation of the Green Bay Packers, are emerging as the undisputed leaders in the position of quarterback hunters. Garrett has expressed his opinion on his position in the league.\n\n\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re two of the best. In this generation, we have to keep leading the way. There are other names in the conversation, but I think to say that he\u2019s in it and I\u2019m in it is not out of the ordinary.\u201d<\/p>Myles Garrett<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThese statements come two days before the match between Cleveland and Green Bay, a duel that marks the second encounter between two players who have redefined the market for their position in recent months.\n\nIn March, Garrett signed a four-year, $160 million contract extension with the Browns, becoming the highest-paid non-quarterback player in NFL history at the time. This agreement ended a situation of uncertainty following the player’s trade request the previous month.\n\nLast month, Parsons was traded to the Packers following a contract dispute with the Dallas Cowboys. He then signed a four-year, $188 million contract with Green Bay, surpassing Garrett, T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Ja’Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals as the highest-paid non-quarterback player.\n\nGarrett, who trained with Parsons in Dallas during the offseason, revealed that they both kept in touch and that he offered advice during Parsons’ contract dispute and trade request with the Cowboys.\n\n\n

\u201cDamn, he did it!\u201d Garrett said of his reaction when Parsons was traded and received a record extension. \u201cNow I remember he told me, we were in the sauna during the offseason. He told me, \u2018If I get a deal, I\u2019m going to top your deal.\u2019 And he went out and got it.\u201d<\/p>Myles Garrett<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Micah Parsons persigue y captura al mariscal de campo de los Lions, Jared Goff, en su primer partido con Green Bay despu\u00e9s de ser traspasado de los Dallas Cowboys a los Packers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nParsons, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, has recorded 54 career sacks since arriving in the NFL in 2021. He and Hall of Famer Reggie White are the only players in NFL history to record at least 12 sacks in each of their first four seasons. Parsons values the growing connection with Garrett.\n\n\n

\u201cTo compete and understand what he has done for American football and how he has arrived and dominated, but also to offer companionship and mentorship, I think that’s what separates the good from the great, like being an older brother, a great friend outside of football,” Parsons said about Garrett earlier this week. \u201cAnd you see his work ethic and you see his process and you say, OK, this is the reason why this guy is so good and so great.”<\/p>Micah Parsons<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nGarrett, Defensive Player of the Year in 2023, is the first player to record 100 sacks in his career before turning 29 since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.\n\nAfter two games, Garrett is tied for the league lead with 3.5 sacks. Parsons has 1.5 sacks and is tied for third with nine pressures.\n\nBrowns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees said the offensive line will need to be “hyper-aware” of Parsons, and coach Kevin Stefanski called him “elite”.\n\n\n

\u201cIf you’re on the rise, you want to learn to press, as a high school student, college player, he’s one of the guys you should watch,\u201d Garrett said.<\/p>Myles Garrett<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nParsons, who has been limited in his playing time (30 in Week 1, 47 in Week 2) since the trade due to a back issue, is no longer listed on the team’s injury report, but it’s unclear if he will remain limited.\n\n\n

\u201cWho knows? We have two more games and the break, so we’ll see how they feel,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cThey’ll probably let me know tomorrow, but hopefully it keeps decreasing to a full game.\u201d<\/p>Micah Parsons<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWhen asked if there was any reason to be limited in his playing time, Parsons replied: “The concentration is four weeks for a reason. It takes a while, but the training staff, we’ve been working before and after each day, so we’re slowly getting there.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Myles Garrett and Micah Parsons: Dominating the League at the Top of Their Game In the world of American football, rivalry and respect intertwine at the top. Myles Garrett, star of the Cleveland Browns, and Micah Parsons, the sensation of the Green Bay Packers, are emerging as the undisputed leaders in the position of quarterback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[74,6075,7137,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-36097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nfl","7":"tag-browns","8":"tag-micah-parsons","9":"tag-myles-garrett","10":"tag-packers"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}